Baby-crib.



No. 793,168. PATENTED JUNE 27, 1905. F. M. ABRAMS.

BABY CRIB.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 31.1904.

W" W ATTORNEY.

NITED STATES Patented June 27, 1905.

FRANK M. ABRAMS, OF SANDUSKY, OHIO.

BABY-CRIB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,168, dated June 27,1905.

, Application filed August 31, 1904. Serial No. 222,835.

To all when), it 'nu/g cancer/t:

Be it known that I, FRANK M. ABRAMS, acitizen of the United States,residing at Sandusky, in the county of Erie and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Baby-Cribs; and I dodeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention. which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to baby-cribs; and the object of the invention isto provide a crib which is adapted to be placed in an open relation atthe side of a bed and to have the bottom of the crib drawn laterallyupon or over the bed for convenience in caring for a child by the motheror nurse in the bed, all substantially as shown and described, andparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cribwith one side down or open, as occurs in use; and Fig. 2 is across-section thereof in conjunction with the bed. Fig. 3 is across-section of the screw.

As thus shown, the idea of the invention becomes obvious, as does alsoits convenience, and the invention comprises a crib A of suitable sizeand style, provided with a base B of suitable form and elevation tobring the bottom of the crib on the same horizontal plane substantiallyas the bed or bed-mattress, so that the bottom of the crib may be drawnmore or less over the bed, as may be preferred. The body of the crib isprovided with a screw a, engaged in base B like an office-chair andadapted to be rotated and give the crib requisite elevation in respectto the bed as well as to reverse it according to the position of thebed, and as beds are of varying heights these or equivalent means forraising and lowering the crib to the desired level are essential to theinvention.

C represents the bottom for the crib, upon which the bed of the childrests, and the said bottom or mattress may be of any suitable kind andis adapted to slide or move on rollers or equivalent means on tracks 0in the bottom proper of the crib.

The front side 52 of the crib is hinged at its lower edge to thecrib-frame and adapted to be lowered to a horizontal position,as shown.Said side is provided with cross bars or tracks 3 in line with and onthe same plane as bars or tracks a of the crib, so that when the saidside 2 is lowered tracks 3 and c are brought into alinement and formcontinuous tracks for bottom C to draw it out and push it back, asoccasion may require.

Chains or equivalent end supports 4 serve to suspend the side 2 of thecrib from the corner-posts when said side is down, and the said side isadapted to be raised and locked in its raised position by catch 6 or itsequivalent when the crib is to be used as ordinarily and apart from thebed.

By the foregoing construction the child can be drawn to or upon the bed'and receive whatever attentions it may require for the time withoutremoving it from beneath its own covering or disturbing its position andalso avoiding all handling of the chil l, or if it be handled it can beeasily taken ofl its bed and put back. It can be drawn near by to put itto sleep and then gently moved out again, and it can be placed here orthere, as may be found to be the best at the time, but at the same timeretain its own bed and bedding. The crib can be turned around orreversed to adapt it to a bed in any position. Preferably the crib ismade of metal, but not necessarily, and any desired style of frameworkmay be adopted.

Screw a is provided with a longitudinal groove 6 at one side, into whichbolt '7 is adapted to lock, and thereby prevent rotation of the crib onbase B.

\Vhat I claim is l. Asa new article of manufacture, a'childs crib havingone side adapted to be lowered to a horizontal position and a bottom forthe crib movable back and forth onto said side, substantially asdescribed.

2. A childs crib having a laterally-movable bottom and a side adapted tobe supported in a horizontal position. and tracks for the said bottomextending across the said side, substantially as described.

3. In cribs for children, a crib having a side hinged to swing into ahorizontal position and means to support the side in such position,

tracks across said side and crib and a bed-bota support for the childresting on said tracks,

tom provided with means to ride on said tracks, substantially asdescribed. 10 substantially as described. In testimony whereof I signthis specifica- 4. A childs crib and a base therefor and tion in thepresence of two Witnesses. 5 means to fix the elevation and to reversethe FRANK M. ABRAMS.

crib on the base, a hinged side on said crib Witnesses: and means tosupport said side in a horizontal JOHN A. ABRAMs,

position, tracks across said side and crib, and R. B. MOSER.

